New Light

What New Light does

New Light Inc. is a private, for-profit community-based services organization headquartered in Shippenville, Pennsylvania, that has supported individuals with intellectual disabilities since 2009. The company delivers a four-service continuum: In Home and Community Supports (personal care, household chores, medication management, meal preparation), Residential Services (life-skills development and independence-building in home settings), Life Sharing (supportive shared-living arrangements), and Companion Services (outings, conversation, and emotional support). All services are delivered directly by Direct Support Professionals in the homes and communities of clients across three Pennsylvania counties — Clarion, Clearfield-Jefferson, and Armstrong-Indiana — with no disclosed technology platform, app, or API underlying service delivery.

The business model is a managed-services, government-reimbursement structure typical of Pennsylvania's Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) / Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waiver framework. New Light does not publish service pricing; the only public pricing reference point is the $17/hour starting wage for Direct Support Professionals, which functions as a labor-market signal rather than a billable rate. Customer acquisition is community-led and referral-driven — through county ID offices, managed care organizations, healthcare providers, and social service networks — rather than through formal sales or marketing. The company operates 101–250 employees and uses a direct community-based distribution channel with no intermediaries.

Strategically, New Light competes on local presence, individualized care, and 15+ years of operational continuity in a regulated, relationship-driven segment. The organization has no disclosed funding rounds, no investors, no M&A activity, no app or digital platform, and no AI/ML capability; competitive advantages are rooted in regulatory licensure, community referral relationships, and DSP workforce stability rather than technology or scale. The single largest business risk is payer concentration on Pennsylvania Medicaid, while the principal growth lever is incremental geographic and service-line expansion within the existing HCBS framework.

Name

New Light

Legal name

New Light Inc.

Website

https://newlightnewlife.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

New Light Inc. is a private Pennsylvania-based provider of community-based services for individuals with intellectual disabilities, offering in-home, residential, life sharing, and companion supports across three rural counties since 2009.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability Support Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ)

Keywords

• Disability support services
• In-home personal care
• Residential disability services
• Community living supports
• Life sharing arrangements

Headquarters

HQ city

Shippenville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Community-Based Disability Support Services: New Light Inc. generates revenue through the provision of community-based services to individuals with Intellectual Disabilities. As a social services provider serving Pennsylvania counties since 2009, the organization likely operates under government-funded disability support programs, including Home and Community Based Services (HCS) waivers and Medicaid-funded programs. Revenue is derived from service contracts with government agencies and managed care organizations that reimburse for approved disability support services including residential support, in-home assistance, companion services, and life sharing arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

New Light provides community-based disability support services for individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, including in-home personal care (hygiene, medication, meals), household chores, residential life skills development, life sharing arrangements, and companion services. The organization operates as a human services provider delivering hands-on, person-centered support to clients in Pennsylvania since 2009.

Product overview

New Light Inc. is a community-based services organization providing individualized support services for individuals with Intellectual Disabilities since 2009. The company operates a unified service model consisting of four core service offerings: In Home and Community Supports (in-home assistance with personal care, household tasks, medication management, and meal preparation), Residential Services (life skills development and independence building in home settings), Life Sharing (supportive shared living arrangements for community inclusion), and Companion Services (outings and emotional support). Services are delivered through Direct Support Professionals and provided in Clarion, Clearfield-Jefferson, and Armstrong-Indiana counties in Pennsylvania.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• In Home and Community Supports

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Sevita Health (The MENTOR Network): Sevita is one of the largest U.S. operators of home and community-based, residential, and day programs for individuals with IDD and brain injuries. It competes in PA for waiver contracts at greater scale, making it a broad incumbent peer in the same IDD service category.
• BrightSpring Health Services: BrightSpring is a large, publicly traded provider of home and community-based services, including IDD supports, across many states. It is a broad incumbent peer with overlapping IDD service lines but a much larger national footprint than New Light.

Direct peers

• Chimes: Chimes is a Mid-Atlantic human services organization providing residential, day, and community supports to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, overlapping directly with New Light's residential and community-based IDD offerings.
• Keystone Human Services: Keystone Human Services is a Pennsylvania-based organization supporting individuals with IDD through residential, in-home, and community programs. It competes for the same waiver-funded populations and managed-care contracts in PA as New Light.
• Penn-Mar Human Services: Penn-Mar is a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit providing community living, residential, and employment supports to individuals with intellectual disabilities. It is a direct regional peer given overlapping PA geography, IDD specialization, and similar community-based delivery model.
• UCP Central Pennsylvania: UCP Central PA provides community living, residential, in-home, and case management services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across central Pennsylvania — a direct peer serving similar PA IDD waiver populations.
• Resources for Human Development: RHD is a Pennsylvania-headquartered human services nonprofit operating residential, community, and behavioral health programs for people with IDD across multiple states. It is comparable in service breadth and Medicaid-funded IDD delivery model.
• Merakey: Merakey (formerly NHS Human Services) is one of the largest Pennsylvania-headquartered providers of intellectual and developmental disability services, offering residential, in-home, and community-based supports across multiple states — directly comparable to New Light's IDD service model and PA footprint.

Regional players

• Chartiers Center: Chartiers Center is a Pittsburgh-area IDD provider offering residential, in-home, and community support services funded by PA waivers. It is comparable in service mix but serves a different PA region, making it a regional rather than direct overlap with New Light's northwestern PA counties.

Others

• Banco Industries: Banco Industries is a smaller Pennsylvania-based provider of home and community-based services and residential supports for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Adjacent rather than directly competing, but thematically comparable as a regional IDD operator.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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